Here are Michael's ten favorite books.

Some are classics from my youth and some are newer books. Even if you do not check any of these out, I hope you ponder your own favorites. 

10) Washington Black: A Novel by Esi Edugyan (2018)

9) Origin Story: A Big History of Everything by David Christian (2019)

8) Turbulence: A Novel by David Szalay (2019) 

7) The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (1926)

6) The Quiet American by Graham Greene (1959)

5) Millennium: How Civilization Has Changed over a Thousand Years by Ian Mortimer (2014)

4) 1984 by George Orwell (1948)

3) Exhalation: Stories by Ted Chiang (2019)

2) Lord of the Flies by William Golding (1954) 

Drum roll please.

1) The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry (1967)